Publication: Community in Mission
A Warning From The Prophet Amos Explains a Lot of Our Current Decline
Continuing this small series on the decline of culture, a word from the Prophet Amos in today’s reading (Thursday of the 13th week of the year) paints a brief picture ...
Have You Found the Perfect Gift Yet?
Jesus said many paradoxical things. For example: Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it (Mat 10:39). For whoever wants ...
On the Loss of Faith as a Cause of Our Current Crisis
In the Liturgy of the Hours this week, we read a remarkable attributed to St. Macarius, a bishop of the early Church. I marvel at its vivid imagery, and yet ...
A Reminder that Fornication is a Serious Sin that Can Exclude Us From Heaven
The epistle from Monday’s daily Mass (30thWeek of the Year) contains an admonition against unchastity. This grave warning is essential in times like these, when many call good or “no ...
False Teachers – What is a Catholic to Do?
In the first reading at daily Mass for Monday of the 27th Week, St. Paul warns of perhaps the most damaging evil facing the Church: dissension from within. I am ...